Hat-pin.



A. B. KOKBRNOT.

HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY30,1910,

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

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WITNESSES ATTORN EY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER B. KOKERNOT, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

HAT-PIN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER B. KOKER- NOT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Hat-Pin, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for fastening ladys head gear to the hair of the wearer, and has for its object the provision of a simple and eflicient device by the use of which the hat will be firmly retained in its proper position upon the head, while at the same time the device may be easily removed when it is desired to remove the head gear.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple device by which the pin will be held firmly in engagement with the hat and the wearers hair, and mutilation of the hat through freq uent punctures located at different points will be avoided.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby, when the device is in use, it will be securely retained in engage ment with the hat so that accidental withdrawal of the pin or holder is prevented.

These several ob'ects, and such other incidental objects as will hereinafter appear, are attained in the use of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and the invention consists in certain novel features of the same which will be hereinafter first fully described and then more specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a view showing a hat in vertical section and showing the pin or hat holder applied thereto in elevation. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section taken centrally through the head or handle of the holder. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the keeper plate. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a modified form of the pin. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

The hat 1 may be of any desired form and may be ornamented or reinforced according to the taste and wishes of the wearer. On the inner side of the hat, I provide a retaining plate 2 which may be of any desired ma terial or construction which will present a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 30, 1910.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

Serial No. 574,722.

roughened inner surface whereby recesses will be provided to receive and engage the point of the pin or holder. In the drawing, these recesses are indicated as corrugations or grooves 3 extending longitudinally of the plate. At a point diametrically opposite the retaining plate 2 the hat is provided with an eyelet 4- which extends through the wall of the hat and has its inner end upset over a washer 5 whereby a keeper plate 6 will be securely fastened to the hat. This keeper plate is provided with a central opening 7 which receives the stem of the rivet 4, and at the ends of the plate are provided outwardly extending pins 8 which are adapted to be bent over in opposite directions, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, 'to form keepers which may be engaged by suitable projections on the head or handle of the hat holder. The head or handle 9 of the hat holder is hollow, and the pin 10 extends through a central opening in one end of the head, the end of the pin within the bore of the head being enlarged, as shown at 11, and adapted to abut against the closed end of the head, as shown in Fig. 2, to limit the outward movement of the pin. At the inner end of the head I provide radial projections 12 which are adapted to engage under the keepers 8, as shown in Fig. 3, and thereby lock the head to the hat. The outer end of the head is closed by a plug or cap 13 having a threaded stem 14, which engages the outer end of the bore of the head, and between this stem and the enlargement 11 on the pin, I arrange a coil spring 15 which bears upon the enlargement to hold the pin normally projected.

The manner of applying the device will, it is thought, be readil understood. The keeper plate 6 is secure to the body of the hat, as shown and described, with the pins 8 projecting through the hat, and the extremities of these pins are then bent over in opposite directions. The pin 10 is then inserted through the bore of the rivet I so as to pass through the hair of the wearer and cause its point to engage a seat in the retaining plate 2. When the projections 12 at the inner end of the head have reached the outer side of the hat, the head 9 is given a partial turn so as to bring the projections 12 under the keeper pins 8 and thereby hold the head to the hat. Should the diameter of the hat be less than the length of the pin, the pin will be caused to move within the bore of the head toward the outer end of the same and the spring 15 will be thereby compressed so that force will be exerted upon the pin to hold its point in engagement with the retaining plate, and, consequently, maintain the hat in its proper position upon the head of the wearer. Should the point of the pin, while being inserted, strike the head of the wearer it will yield without injuring the same, owing to the slidable connection of the pin with the hollow head and the yielding pressure exerted on the pin. hen it is desired to remove the hat, the head 9 is given a slight turn which will disengage the projections 12 from the keepers 8, and the pin may then be withdrawn in the usual manner.

Since hats are ordinarily made of quite pliable material the plate 2 is carried by an endless band 2 made fast to the inside of the body of the hat, and also traversed by the rivet 4, this band being sufliciently stiff to hold the plate 2 in operative relation to the end of the pin 10 so that the end of the pin will not escape from the corrugation 3, with which it is brought into engagement, because of the pliability of the hat.

My device is obviously simple and easily operated and will effectually maintain the pin in engagement with the hat and the hair of the wearer so that the hat will be held in its proper position upon the head. The head 9 may be ornamented in any desired fashion and the pin m be constructed of metal, but will preferab y be made of hard rubber, celluloid, or similar material, in order to avoid the liability of lacerating or injuring the scalp.

In Fig. 7, I have shown a slightly modified form of the invention in which the shank of the pin, instead of being straight, is in the form of a spiral, shown at 16, and the enlargement or stop 17 at the outer end of the pin is provided with diametrically opposite longitudinal ribs 18 adapted to ride in longitudinal grooves 19 in the bore of the head 20, as will be readily understood. In this form of the device the spiral shank of the pin, being engaged in the opening through the rivet secured in the side of the hat, will impart a rotary movement to the head or handle so that it will not be necessary to rotate the handle manually to bring the projections 21 at the inner end thereof into en agement with the keepers. The shank of the pin in this form of the invention is provided with a straight portion 22 at its inner end which will permit the pin to yield to any obstruction which it may encounter while being inserted. The device is the same in all essential particulars as the device illustrated in the other figures and previously described.

While I have described the principle of operation of the invention,

together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. A hat holder comprising a pin, a manipulating head for the pin in which the corresponding end of the pin is movable longitudinally, means tending to maintain the pin at the limit of its outward movement with respect to the head, coacting means carried by the pin end of the head and by the hat for engagement to hold the pin to the hat with the pin interior to the hat and the manipulating head exterior thereto, and means adapted to be carried by the hat for engaging the pin to limit its movement into the hat.

2. A hat holder comprising a pin, a manipulating head for the pin having the butt end of the pin in telescoping relation thereto, means within the manipulating head tending to maintain the pin in a projected position and yieldable to a superior force, interlocking means carried by the head of the pin and by the hat, respectively, for holding the manipulating head and pin to the hat with the pin interior to the hat and the manipulating head exterior thereto, and means adapted to be carried by the hat for engaging the point of the pin to force the said pin into the manipulating head when the latter is in locked relation to the hat.

3. A hat holder comprising a pin, a hollow manipulating head for the pin receiving the shank end thereof and into which the shank end of the pin is movable, means within the hollow head for normally maintaining the pin in the projected position and yieldable to permit movement of the pin into the head, and means carried by the head and by a hat, respectively for securing the head and pin to the hat with the pin interior to the hat and the head exterior thereto.

4. A hat holder comprising a pin, a manipulating head therefor with relation to which the pin is longitudinally movable to an extent less than the length of the head, said manipulating head being provided with radial projections, keepers adapted to be attached to a hat in position to be engaged by the projections on the head of the pin only when the greater portion of the pin is interior to the hat, and means carried by the hat in the path of the pin for arresting the movement of the latter before the radial projections are in position to engage the keepers on the movement of the head toward said keepers.

5. A hat holder comprising a hat pin having a shank and a head, with the shank of the pin in telescoping relation to the head of the pin, yieldable constraining means for the shank of the pin for maintaining it normally in the projected osition with relation to the head of the pm, a holder for the pin through which the latter is movable in the direction of its length, a lock having one member carried by the holder and another member carried by the head of the pin, a sustaining means for the free end oi the pin adapted to be held in a hat in spaced relation to the holder, and a connecting member between the holder and the retain ing member resistant to the constraining means for the shank of the pin to cause the latter to yield when the head of the pin is locked to the holder.

6. A hat holder comprising a band adapted to the interior of a hat body, a pin movable aoross the band, a retaining member for the free end of the pin carried by the band in the path of such free end of the pin, means for locking the pin to the band at the point remote from the retaining memher, and yieldable elastic means between the pin and the locking means to permit the engagement of the locking means subsequent to the engagement of the pin with the retaining member.

7. A hat holder comprising an endless band adapted to the interior of a hat body, a pin movable across the band, a retaining member for the free end of the pin carried by the band in thepath of such free end, a supporting member for the pin fast to the band at a point substantially diametrically opposite the retaining member and traversed by the pin, and coaoting locking means carried by the retaining member and pin and including elastic means permitting a movement of-the locking means in the direction of the length of the pin on the latter and after its free end has been brought into engagement with the retaining member.

8. In a hat holder, a pin having a shank portion and a manipulating head housing the butt end of the pin, the said head and butt end of the pin being movable one relative to the other in the direction of the length of the pin, elastic means within the manipulating head tending to normally hold the butt end of the in at the limit of its outward movement with relation to the head, means adapted to be attached to a hat for engagement by the free end of the pin when in traversing relation to the hat, and means for locking the head of the pin to the hat after the free end of the pin is brought into contact with the engaging means therefor and the head has been moved along the shank of the pin against the action of said elastic means.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXANDER B. KOKERNOT.

Witnesses:

LAURENCE M. JANIN, LoUrs WARD.

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